disarm

Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

transitive v. To divest of a weapon or weapons.

transitive v. To deprive of the means of attack or defense; render harmless: "Have the courage to appear poor, and you disarm poverty of its sharpest sting” ( Washington Irving).

transitive v. To overcome or allay the suspicion, hostility, or antagonism of.

transitive v. To win the confidence of.

intransitive v. To lay down arms.

intransitive v. To reduce or abolish armed forces.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

v. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous; as, to disarm a man's wrath.

v. To lay down arms; to stand down.

v. To reduce one's own military forces.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

transitive v. To deprive of arms; to take away the weapons of; to deprive of the means of attack or defense; to render defenseless.

transitive v. To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous.

from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To deprive of arms; take the arms or weapons from; take off the armor from: as, he disarmed his foe; the prince gave orders to disarm his subjects: with of before the thing taken away: as, to disarm one of his weapons.

Specifically To reduce to a peace footing, as an army or a navy.

To deprive of means of attack or defense; render harmless or defenseless: as, to disarm a venomous serpent.

To deprive of force, strength, means of injuring, or power to terrify; quell: as, to disarm rage or passion; religion disarms death of its terrors.

To lay down arms; specifically, to reduce armaments to a peace footing; dismiss or disband troops: as, the nations were then disarming.

To press (the lips of a horse) outward so that they may not be bruised on the toothless portions, or bars, of the lower jaw.

There are Security Council resolutions that have been approved that took note and took note of Israel's withdrawal from southern Lebanon, and called on all militias in southern Lebanon to disarm, which is something Hezbollah has certainly -- has not done.

Well, if you reject the logic of ultimatums, you're telling Iraq you have forever to disarm, which is contradicted by 1441 which said you must immediately disarm, which raises questions about France's commitment to 1441.

Iraq is supposed to be disarming, and they have not established, to my satisfaction anyway, and I think to the satisfaction of the international community, that they are moving in good faith to disarm, which is what they're supposed to do under the resolution.